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Building Up The Youth marks five years of mentoring local kids

Five years ago, Ernest Brown of Sicklerville was coaching a local team as part of a church basketball league.

City Council swears in newly elected Council members

City Council welcomed four new members to Council, as the newcomers, elected in special elections last month to fill vacancies, were sworn in before family and friends in Council Chambers at City Hall.

DeLissio, Miller: Identogo fingerprinting for state clearances available online

Applicants for certain clearances who register under Identogo for fingerprints and are cleared to work with children in Pennsylvania can now receive their results electronically via email, according to state Reps. Pam DeLissio, D-Montgomery/Phila, and Brett Miller, R-Lancaster.

Delco River Rink opens

The Delco Rink, Delaware County's pop-up ice skating rink, opened for business on Thursday, December 1st, at Harrah's Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack, located at 777 Harrah's Blvd in Chester, Pa. The 60-foot by 100 foot Delco River Rink is located at Harrah's main valet entrance.

Make room for Jesus this Christmas

Thanksgiving is over, and most of us are preparing for Christmas, but in the wrong way because we have the wrong conception of what Christmas is all about.

The Liberian Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony

PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2022— Members of the Greater Philadelphia Region’s Liberian community gathered at the Northwest corner of Philadelphia City Hall on Tuesday, July 26th, for the raising of the flag of the nation of Liberia and the 175th year of Liberian Independence.

Mural Arts Philadelphia and SEPTA celebrate two new Murals at Suburban Station

On July 12, 2022, Mural Arts Philadelphia in partnership with SEPTA, revealed their first series of murals in Suburban Station created by Mural Arts’ ‘Color Me Back’ program.

Chester Township to get a new Skate Park

The Delco Skatepark Coalition presented a $4000 donation to Chester Township at the July 7th Council meeting.

Centrepoint says councils illegally turn away homeless young people

Hundreds of homeless young people, including dozens who are pregnant or have children, are being illegally turned away by councils when they ask for help.

White women eligible to donate stem cells on NHS for first time

Millions of women are now eligible to donate stem cells on the NHS for the first time amid rising demand for life-saving transplants and a drive to reduce reliance on expensive imports.

Arrest after suspected acid attack outside London school

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after what is believed to have been an acid attack outside a school in west London this week.

The benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water in decline

The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, a review has suggested.

Lack of cemetery space may lead to graves being reused

Graves could be reused and closed burial grounds reopened under proposals aimed at tackling a lack of space for the dead.

Hospital 'refused to alert police about Letby to avoid publicity'

Hospital executives refused to call the police about Lucy Letby because of a \"concern we will be in the media spotlight\", an inquiry has been told.

Johnson insists in memoir he would have 'won again' in July election if still PM

Boris Johnson has insisted he would have won another election if he had not been forced from Downing Street, arguing in his new memoir that he broke no rules with lockdown parties and was the victim of a conspiracy.

UK toddlers get almost half their calories from ultra-processed foods

Toddlers in Britain get almost half of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPF) and this rises to 59% by the age of seven, according to the largest study of its kind.

Evacuation Order sparks fears of wider IDF assault

The Israeli military ordered evacuations of a Lebanese city and other communities north of a UN-declared buffer zone yesterday, signalling it may widen its ground operation against the militant group Hezbollah.

Alarm at rise in vaping among non-smokers

One million people in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a seven-fold increase in just three years, according to research that has alarmed health experts.

US warns Israel: we won't support attacks on Iranian nuclear sites

Washington in urgent talks to contain rapidly escalating conflict

PM urged to help energy users as price cap rises

Keir Starmer has been urged to intervene to help households tackle rising gas and electricity bills this the winter, as average energy bills rise by £149 a year from today.

REA gives up on Rightmove after fourth bid is rejected

The Rupert Murdoch-backed real estate company REA Group has abandoned its attempt to take over the website Rightmove after its fourth offer was rebuffed yesterday.

Shop prices falling at fastest rate in three years

Prices in UK shops are falling at the fastest rate since 2021 despite a step up in fresh-food inflation as the wet weather hit UK production while the cost of olive oil and sugary snacks continues to be affected by the climate crisis.

Many Jews in UK regard BBC as 'institutionally hostile to Israel'

Many British Jews have come to see the BBC as \"institutionally hostile to Israel\", community leaders have said, as they endorsed a report that concluded the broadcaster had failed to cover the Middle East conflict with impartiality.

Head of civil service to step down at end of year

The cabinet secretary, Simon Case, has formally announced that he will stand down as the UK's most senior civil servant at the end of the year.

Day of reckoning Past failures must inform transition to greener future

It is mere coincidence that the closure of the blast furnace at the Port Talbot steel works and the shutdown of Britain's last coal-fired power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire happened on the same day.

Far right on track to win the most votes in Austria poll for first time since Nazi era

The far-right won the most votes in an Austrian election for the first time since the Nazi era, early projections showed yesterday, as the Freedom party (FPÖ) rode a tide of public anger over migration and the cost of living to beat the centre-right People's party (ÖVP) by three percentage points.

Milestone for UK's green plan as final coal power station closes

Britain's only remaining coal power plant will generate electricity for the last time today, after operating for 57 years.

Labour uses 'sham' £90bn figure to oppose water nationalisation

Labour used \"economically illiterate\" analysis paid for by water companies to argue against nationalisation of the sector, the Guardian can reveal.

Hopes fade of finding dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off Canaries

Hopes of finding 48 people missing from a migrant boat that sank close to the Spanish island of El Hierro were fading yesterday, in what could become the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.

Pepper strikes to give Leicester some problems to digest

Michael Cheika was given a reminder of the size of the task ahead as his Leicester side paid a heavy price for their mistakes on his first home match in charge.